① How many semesters are there in the school year?

② What are they?

③ What is the school schedule?

3)Paragraph 3  Question:

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

4)Paragraph 4  Question:

What is the main idea of the paragraph?

4.Sum up

Sum up the differences between American school system and China’s .

5.Dicussion

What do you think of the American school system? And what about China? (Please express your own opinion and discuss with your partner.)

Language Points

1.cover覆盖;占地面积;包含,包括;报道;走过一段路程;看完多少页书;

be covered with/by

1) Cover the sleeping child with your coat.

2) The mountain was covered with snowall the year round.

3) He covered the distance in 15 minutes.

4) How many pages have you covered?

5) The city covers ten square miles.

6) I want our best reporters sent to coverthe trial (审讯).

7) The dictionary does not cover the whole English vocabulary.

2. The school year is divided into two  semesters, the first of which is September through December…

divide(使某物)分割开;分开;分隔, 常与介词into搭配使用。如：

divide a large house into flats

把一所大房子分隔成若干套间

divide a novel into chapters

把一部小说分成若干章节

divide the class into small groups

把那个班分成几个小组

the first of which is… 引导的是非限制性定语从句。

这是由“名词/代词+of+关系代词”引导的定语从句。这种形式可以用于指人，也可以用于指物。指人时关系代词用whom，指物时用which。又如：

Her sons, both of whom work abroad, ring her up every week.

她的两个儿子，都在国外工作， 他们每周都给她打电话来。

He went with a group of people, few of whom were correctly equipped for such a climb.

他和一队人一起去了，其中没有几个人配有进行这样一次登山的适当装备。

The buses, most of which were already full, were surrounded by an angry crowd.

公共汽车大多数都已经挤满了人，它们被愤怒的人群包围着。

3. join;join in;take part in参加